Rolled belt lacing



Aug. 7, W23.

H. HEMMERDINGER ROLLED BELT LAC ING' Filed March 9. 1922 mmm@ lllyemmwhr momma/s Patented Aug. 7, i923@ Util naar

HENRY HEMIVIERDINGER, F BROOKLYN, NEW `YORK.

ROLLED BELT LACING.

Application led March 9, 1922.Y Serial No. 542,413.

To all w ,7mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HEMMER- DiNGnR, a citizen or" the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of l\lew\York` borough of Erooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of Newtk York, have invented a new andmproved Rolled Belt Lacing, orn which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to rolled belt lacings, and has particularreference to a new and improved unit and package whereby a plurality oi:rolls may be attractively and conveniently displayed and shipped to thetrade.

An object oiE the invention is to provide simple, neat, efficient rollof belt lacings which can, with a number or" other rolls, be packed away'in a box or container in a very simple, neat manner so that in using abelt lacing an individual roll can be extracted 'for use without thenecessity for unwinding a large roll or disturbing a large flat package,as has hitherto been the case.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

The invention` is illustrated in the drawings, in which-l Figure l is afront View of a boxfcontaining a plurality of rolls of lacings.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 d of l.

Fig. 3 the rolls.

These rolls can be furnished in any desired number, having any desiredlengths of lacings, so that if ya person wants a lace of a certain sizeand length, he can get from a box exactly the lacing he desires withoutdisturbing the other rolls. Hitherto lacings have been sold in fiat,round packages which have to be undone in order to get off the desiredlength of lacing, which has to be cut therefrom. This is usuallyobjectionable since it necessitates untying a large package toY get ashort length of lacing therefrom. l have overcome these objections bytaking is a perspective view or one of any given length of lacing 1 androlling it,

as shown in Fig. 3, to form a neat'roll. I then take any number of theserolls and place them in a suitable box or container 2, as shown in Figs.l and 2, side by side. When the operator desires a short length of Ybelt lacing, he merely takes one of theW rolls from a box withoutdisturbing the others. He has, therefore, the required length of beltlacing and has not been forced to untie or unpack a large roll and cuttherefrom the desired length. This saves time and trouble on the part ofthe operator and also provides a neat and ecient package for display ofdifferent sizes and types of lacings. It might be stated that beltlacings are now sold in bundles containing random.u

lengths andwhen the bundle is tied sharp return bends are formed in theseveral lengths of lacings. The grease in the raw hide soon dries out atthese return bends and causes the raw hide to rapidly deteriorate atthese points. By the use of this invention these objectionable returnbends are entirely lacking and the lacing is maintained in a usablestate for an indefinite period.

In summarizing it will be seen that the invention not only provides ameans whereby a length of lacing of the exact length desired may beobtained without cutting and without waste, but that a means orpositively maintaining the lacing in a usable state is provided.

What I claim is:

In a package designed for use in trade, a container, and a plurality oi'like units ofA grease containing belt lacing arranged therein in rollformation and side by side,

the units forming a set and each unit being 1 of a length determined bythe size and character or" a given belt and being freely andindependently removable as a unit in roll formation and withoutdisturbing the other units whereby a length of lacing of the exactlength desired may be obtainedwithout cutting and without displacing thecomplementary units of the set.

HENRY HEMMERDINGER.

